[BenWired306]

Sidi Tripoly Sunni The writings of Sayyidina Al-Imam Muhammad ibn Arabi (qaddasa'Allahu sirrahu) are very useful, if you are able to understand them. However they are very deep and he uses a complex terminology even within Sufi circles. What our ulama recommend the awwam to read are works like Al-Imam Abdul Karim Al-Qushayri's Risalah, the works of Imam Al-Ghazali and similar works. There is a order in which you study books of Fiqh, Aqidah and Hadith, even more so when it comes to Ilm al-Ihsan. If anyone just picks up the Fusus Al-Hikam, it is likely that he understands it the way Allamah Thahabi did, which is in reality misunderstanding it. As far as Allamah Izz ibn Abdussalam, this was most likely before he entered the Path of Tasawwuf at the hands of Al-Imam Sayyidina Abu Al-Hasan Al-Shathili, qaddasa'Allahu sirrah.

wa'Allahu alam

Ahlussunnah You mention Al-Hafeth Ibn Hajr (rahmatu'Allahi alayh), but he did not do Takfir of Shaykh Al-Akbar and this has been refuted by the ulama of suluk. Izz Ibn Abdussalam became a Sufi at the hands of Shathili, and Al-Imam Abu Al-Hasan Al-Shathili praised Ibn Arabi and his tariqa has retained a lot of the teachings of Ibn Arabi.

As for Ibn Arabi being a Dhahiri. When I mentioned that when I called the scholars who made Takfir of Ibn Arabi as Dhahiris I was NOT referring to the Fiqhi school. So to even bring that up just shows you havn't even read my posts, why then comment on them ya akhi?

As for him actually being a Dhahiri, then this would be in the sense that he rejected Taqlid for himself, as you may know that the Dhahiri school did not permit Taqlid. He was Andalusian and the schools prevelant there were Maliki and Dhahiri, and it is possible that he studied the school growing up.